Table 3.
List of collected parasite species identified during microscopical examination, with localization, basic epidemiological data, sites with positive records, GenBank accession numbers to newly generated sequences and information about previous records from nutria in the Czech Republic
| Species | Localization | P | A | I | Sites | GB no. | Previous records in Czech Republic (prevalence) | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strongyloides myopotami | Small intestine, large intestine | 67.4% (93.5%) | 21.89 ± 16.29 | 1–206 | All | PQ568308–PQ568310 (COI); PQ568420 (18S) | Farm-bred nutria (11.5%), feral nutria (25.0–30.0%) | Nechybová et al. (2018) |
| Trichuris myocastoris | Caecum, large intestine, small intestine | 37.0% (39.1%) | 3.26 ± 3.37 | 1–37 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 (3) | PQ571257, PQ571258 (ITS) | Farm-bred nutria (57.0%), feral nutria (5.0–40.0%) | Nechybová et al. (2018) |
| Trichostrongylus sp. | Small intestine | 8.7% (10.8%) | 0.43 ± 0.80 | 3–9 | 3, 5 (6) | PQ567056–PQ567059 (COI); PQ570797 (ITS) | Farm-bred nutria (4.0%) | Nechybová et al. (2018) |
| Echinostoma sp. | Small intestine | 2.2% | 0.04 ± 0.00 | 2 | 6 | – | N/A | N/A |
| Psilostomidae gen. sp. | Small intestine | 10.8% | 0.21 ± 0.30 | 1–3 | 3, 6, 8 | PQ569938 (28S) | N/A | N/A |
| Echinococcus multilocularis | Liver | 10.8% | – | – | 1, 2, 5 | PQ786491 (NAD5) | N/A | N/A |
P = prevalence; A = mean abundance with confidence interval at the level of 0.95; I = intensity of infection (min–max); GB no. = GenBank accession numbers to the representative sequences. Prevalence values and site numbers in brackets are for records including flotation and quantitative PCR results. Dashes (–) indicate the species was recorded in an uncountable number of cysts. N/A indicates that this parasite taxon was not previously recorded in nutria from the Czech Republic.